Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV
<p>Abstract</p> <p>The HIV epidemic coupled with the assumed benefits of infant formula for the children of all HIV-infected mothers have in complex ways changed public ideas about infant feeding and represents a threat to well established breastfeeding practices. In the wake of th...
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| Series: | International Breastfeeding Journal |
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| author | de Paoli Marina M Sellen Daniel W van Esterik Penny Moland Karen Leshabari Sebalda C Blystad Astrid |
| author_facet | de Paoli Marina M Sellen Daniel W van Esterik Penny Moland Karen Leshabari Sebalda C Blystad Astrid |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>The HIV epidemic coupled with the assumed benefits of infant formula for the children of all HIV-infected mothers have in complex ways changed public ideas about infant feeding and represents a threat to well established breastfeeding practices. In the wake of the confusion that postnatal prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) interventions have created among HIV-infected mothers, infant feeding counsellors and the public at large, it is time to reinstate the principles of the Innocenti Declaration to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in the context of HIV. The challenge that lies ahead is a search for ways to restore the trust in breastfeeding as the normal and safest way to feed an infant. This requires continued research as well as concerted advocacy and action.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed692b56982845049631afa40ff323562022-12-22T03:07:41ZengBMCInternational Breastfeeding Journal1746-43582010-10-01511910.1186/1746-4358-5-19Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIVde Paoli Marina MSellen Daniel Wvan Esterik PennyMoland KarenLeshabari Sebalda CBlystad Astrid<p>Abstract</p> <p>The HIV epidemic coupled with the assumed benefits of infant formula for the children of all HIV-infected mothers have in complex ways changed public ideas about infant feeding and represents a threat to well established breastfeeding practices. In the wake of the confusion that postnatal prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) interventions have created among HIV-infected mothers, infant feeding counsellors and the public at large, it is time to reinstate the principles of the Innocenti Declaration to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in the context of HIV. The challenge that lies ahead is a search for ways to restore the trust in breastfeeding as the normal and safest way to feed an infant. This requires continued research as well as concerted advocacy and action.</p>http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/5/1/19 |
| spellingShingle | de Paoli Marina M Sellen Daniel W van Esterik Penny Moland Karen Leshabari Sebalda C Blystad Astrid Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV International Breastfeeding Journal |
| title | Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV |
| title_full | Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV |
| title_fullStr | Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV |
| title_short | Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV |
| title_sort | ways ahead protecting promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of hiv |
| url | http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/5/1/19 |
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